A Worry-Free Pregnancy For First Time Parents

Summary

Why you won’t harm your baby, even if you had a glass of wine before you knew you were pregnant…

You can´t describe the happiness you felt the moment you got the positive results of your pregnancy test. But only a couple of hours later, you catch yourself worrying about everything that could go wrong.

Did I accidentally harm the baby before I knew I was pregnant?

Are the antibiotics I took going to hurt my baby?

Can exercise or stress at work cause preterm labor?

Am I going to be a good mom?

...and the worst one “what if my child has a birth defect”.

Don´t worry, all of these fears and questions are normal and part of the journey. In fact, according to Parents Magazine, 78% of expectant mothers rated birth defects as their number one concern.

But like many times in life, knowing the facts can help ease your mind.

There are more than 4 million babies born in the US each year and the vast majority arrive healthy and full-term. The organization March of Dimes reports less than 4 % will have any form of birth defect and most of them won´t be life-threatening.

And you can even reduce the risk of certain birth defects of the brain and spinal cord by more than 70% by doing this one thing you will discover inside…